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01-19-2012 , 03:43 AM

#8501

Karak

ELIte

Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 62,726

*shrug* it works for me!

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01-19-2012 , 04:15 AM

#8502

madhater

newbie

Join Date: May 2011 Posts: 23

took lsat for the hell of it, got 179, don't plan on going to law school. yea i wasted $109

who mad

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01-19-2012 , 04:37 AM

#8503

POKEROMGLOL

Pooh-Bah

Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 5,980

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Originally Posted by customx

hey guys so kinda in a weird spot a bit nervous... im a graduating 3l and injured myself pretty badly this weekend and its looking like im going to need surgery soon- lots of pain. Doc said should prob keep me out of school for a week... anyone have surgery during school? How badly do you think this is going to mess up my semester? Any suggestions?

soooo what happened and what kind of surgery obviously?

Also...settled my biggest case ever today. I technically had one bigger, but all I did was write a letter, so it doesn't really count. If I were the defense lawyer on this case, I wouldn't have offered hardly anything. Mediator was a retired judge and said "I have no idea how you got them to offer that" and I said "me neither!" Although I respect the defense lawyer, I'm kind of thinking that he didn't know the law on this particular case.

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01-19-2012 , 04:42 AM

#8504

madhater

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in the interests of full disclosure i will reveal that my undergrad gpa is 1.7. lolpoker

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01-19-2012 , 08:46 AM

#8505

Dave D

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01-19-2012 , 10:15 AM

#8506

customx

banned

Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 74

tore some ligaments in my leg -- just quick arthroscopy surgery should suffice.. not to worried about that just more of the recovery requirements. I cant really walk so i def need to get it done and hurts like hell

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01-19-2012 , 10:24 AM

#8507

Karak

ELIte

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you really dont want to be in pain all semester long... i'd trade a week of being out and some recovery for being in no pain by the end of the semester. i watched my 1L year roommate struggle through going to law school in incredible pain with an undiagnosed leg condition (later turned out he had cancer all over his body... thankfully 6 months of chemo later he was in remission) and going to class every day was horrible and he could never concentrate on his work.

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01-19-2012 , 11:14 AM

#8508

diskoteque

Joey Local

Join Date: Aug 2010 Posts: 30,420

class is pointless just get surgery i dont see y this is even a question

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01-19-2012 , 11:15 AM

#8509

CheckDaQuads

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Originally Posted by customx

well its more the fact that ill be missing class and not doing the reading for a week (hopped up on pain killers most likely) so its more of the missed reading and no class to substitute for me not reading that im nervous about + if it takes longer to recover..

Isn't it pretty standard to do all of your reading hopped up on pain killers anyway?

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01-19-2012 , 12:19 PM

#8510

ajrenni

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Join Date: Sep 2004 Posts: 2,307

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Originally Posted by customx

This seems like a pretty easy call - get the surgery. If you are worried about missing stuff, email your professors beforehand to give them a head's up and then email/visit them afterward to find out what you need to do to get up to speed. This is what they have office hours for.

My second son was born with 3 weeks to go in the Fall 2008 semester. I emailed my profs and told them I wouldn't be seeing them until finals and they were all like "sounds good - just let me know if you have any questions about the material/final"

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01-19-2012 , 12:26 PM

#8511

DeadMoneyWalking

Carpal \'Tunnel

Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 32,471

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Originally Posted by CheckDaQuads

Isn't it pretty standard to do all of your reading hopped up on pain killers anyway?

This. I got some pain 'down there' in Fall 2L finals week and tried my first and only vicodin. The world got bright whereas I was very dim. Get sick during the semester

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01-19-2012 , 04:16 PM

#8512

Karak

ELIte

Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 62,726

watching my roommate have to choose between painkillers (which he HATED taking) and doing his reading for class was pretty brutal. i used to have to berate him to get him to take them while he'd be sitting there practically in tears from the pain trying to outline contracts. he obv hadn't been formally diagnosed yet.

get the pain taken care of ASAP.

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01-19-2012 , 06:45 PM

#8513

Meesg

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Is it standard for law schools to have an A+= a 4.01 gpa?

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01-19-2012 , 06:59 PM

#8514

Karak

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Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 62,726

unfortunately*, neither school ive attended had A+s

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01-19-2012 , 10:13 PM

#8515

ajrenni

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At my school an A+ was worth 4.0. A professor could only give one out per class, and some would use that in lieu of filling out the form for a Certificate of Achievement.

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01-19-2012 , 10:19 PM

#8516

LooseAggressive

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Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 1,174

At my school its a 4.33 and a professor can only give 1 per class or the top 3%, whichever is lower. This is a recent rule, and professors used to give them out like candy in some cases, before I started at school. Kind of funny to see those grade distributions.

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01-19-2012 , 10:52 PM

#8517

diskoteque

Joey Local

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Originally Posted by Karak

unfortunately*, neither school ive attended had A+s

georgetown gives A+s but they are worth 4.0

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01-19-2012 , 11:01 PM

#8518

TalkingDonkey

RIZZAHHHHHH

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Originally Posted by diskoteque

georgetown gives A+s but they are worth 4.0

so what's an A worth?

If A+'s are solely cosmetic that's pretty weak

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01-19-2012 , 11:10 PM

#8519

Karak

ELIte

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Originally Posted by diskoteque

georgetown gives A+s but they are worth 4.0

it's at prof's discretion and i think most dont give them

at least... ime...

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01-19-2012 , 11:28 PM

#8520

diskoteque

Joey Local

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Originally Posted by TalkingDonkey

so what's an A worth?

If A+'s are solely cosmetic that's pretty weak

they are both = 4.0 so yeah purely cosmetic.

i know the ppl with A+s get the CALI awards too although i won of those and only got an A (but this was 1L year and im not sure if they were giving out A+s back then).

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01-20-2012 , 12:45 AM

#8521

Meesg

newbie

Join Date: Mar 2010 Posts: 45

Yeah, just got grades back from my first semester. I have no idea what is going on at my school. A+ is 4.01, A is 4.0... Doesn't seem to say anywhere that professors actually have to give any A+ grades though.

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01-20-2012 , 01:15 AM

#8522

praetorian

centurion

Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 120

Bar Loans.

I am a second semester 3L at a TTT WA school who has not thought about the bar at all.

For people that have just taken the bar, or are about to, are they pretty standard? According to my school, they are only done through non-governmental lenders . . . is that standard as well?

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01-20-2012 , 08:21 AM

#8523

ajrenni

Microstakes Lifer

Join Date: Sep 2004 Posts: 2,307

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Originally Posted by diskoteque

At my school it was common to give the certificate w/o the A+. I would prefer to have the certificate and think it is poor form for professors to give the A+ without filling in what I am sure is a quick form and submitting it to the registrar (a Certificate of Achievement is noted on the transcript). Given my school's crappy reputation, where only the very very top have jobs in hand at graduation, you would think that professors would be sensitive to the need to bolster their students' transcripts in any way possible.

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01-20-2012 , 12:07 PM

#8524

jph0424

old hand

Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 1,564

Would you put Cali awards on your resume? How about the subject the awards were for?

/thinly veiled brag

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01-20-2012 , 12:30 PM

#8525

LKJ

Smugly Contemptuous

Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 96,031

I put mine on, and I have it in my mind that it pretty much successfully convinced my current employer that my mediocre grades were really good or something. My resume mentioned that I booked torts and got an A in contracts, and in the interview the HR guy said, "So, it sure looks like 1L went well for you!" I thought "WTF?" but obviously instantly agreed that it did go really well.

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